'Not normal': CNN's Kasie Hunt shocked at Trump's personal check-writing in office

Even leaving aside the criminal accusations against former President Donald Trump in Manhattan, the simple fact that he was involved in a complicated scheme of paying off various private individuals with personal checks, as he was in the White House, should give everyone pause about his shady and unusual conduct, argued CNN analyst Kasie Hunt in a morning panel on Tuesday.

This comes as Trump's former attorney and fixer Michael Cohen, is set to continue his testimony that began the previous day and appeared to rattle the former president.

"Everybody is numb to Donald Trump, right?" said Cohen's attorney Lanny Davis. "So we say this just as we say that he wrote checks, is president and that he said 150 cash in the tape. And we're all numb to that. Really. He said 150 cash in the tape. Everybody takes for granted. Donald Trump flies. This is an example. He paid for people to show up as real people when he came down the escalator."

"So just forgive me for, like, playing the layman and the person at home here for a second," said Hunt. "Because as I'm trying to wrap my head around this, I'm flashing back. You guys remember the movie, 'The American President' with Michael Douglas? Do you remember how he tries to buy flowers for his girlfriend and they won't let him out of the White House, he doesn't have a wallet, he doesn't have a way to pay for something super, super normal? I just think it really contrasts with exactly what you're describing where—"

"We're numb to it," said Davis.

"I know," replied Hunt. "I'm arguing that we shouldn't be, because this is a President of the United States who is signing checks himself. I mean, this is not normal for a president, it's just not!"

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